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help for ^matsort^ - 1.0 - 17 Mar 2005
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Sort a matrix
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    ^matsort^ matname sortcolumn direction replace/rankonly

Description
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^matsort^ is a routine to sort a matrix by a given column.  All columns, along with the column name, are re-arranged.


Arguments
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  ^sortcolumn^ indicates the column to use for sorting.  The default is 1.
  ^direction^ can be either "up" (for increasing) or "down" for decreasing.  The default is "up".
  ^rankonly^ A flag that indicates that the original matrix will not be changed.
	     The rank order is stored in r(rank) - see return list
  ^replace^  A flag that indicates that the original matrix will contain sorted values. This is the default.
             

Examples
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 . ^matsort^  mymat 1 "up"


Author: Paul Millar
        www.ucalgary.ca/~pemillar/stata.htm
        pemillar@@ucalgary.ca
         
See also:
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Online:     help for @matvsort@ (if installed)


